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Informal settlements in Tehran conurbation:What happens to their resilience when they

are formalised?

Solmaz Hosseinioon Melbourne School of Design,

University of Melbourne

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Resilience and adaptation

Complex adaptive systems

Adaptive Capacity:• Rapid growth and exploitation• Conservation• Collapse or release(creative destruction)• Renewal or reorganization

Main resilience attributes Urban Resilience and adaptation Urban design and Resilience

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Location of the case study: Golestan in Tehran conurbation

Tehran

Golestan

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In Process of formalization (15-5 years old)

Informal (20-25 years old)

Formally built (5-7 years old)

Soltanabad Feshargavi Golestan

Effects of formalization by urban upgrading regulations on three neighbourhoods in different phases of formalization

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Urban design study : morphology, life in public spaces,…

6Solmaz.hosseinioon@gmail.com

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